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good luck the persimmons. I have a bunch of persimmons and they get a lot of activity from just about everything. Every year I plan on marking all the females and cut down the males after season but never get around to it. I have a lot of work I need to do also. todd

Tri-tronics and Sport Dog are the only two worth purchasing. Honestly the rest are pretty much junk. Lower end Tri-tronics like the sport models are really good collars. In now way could I train a finished retriever without a good collar. I have had my TT now for 6 years and have only had to replace the battery in the transmitter. Let me know if you ever need any help using the collar. Needs to be used correctly!! todd

congrat on the new job buddy! \todd

love that show. My girls would love to meet them!

wow--what a lucky girl she is!

beautiful!

wow--wish we had some of the water here. We have been in a drought since last early summer. Don't want that much though.

looks like a good time Lewis

Put it right next to the one with you at Disney World with Snow White! todd

Have a good one guys! todd

yep---roundup/glyphosate is the way to go. Will not hurt any of the trees unless you spray it on the foliage.

For smaller fall plots I like to stick to the cereal grains. Winter wheat and cereal rye should make you a good fall plot. Deer love the cereal grains during the fall and winter. todd

Dividing up your plots into perennial and annual is the way to go. Just remember though that perennial plots require a lot of upkeep. Preperation is very important in making sure you get a clean plot. Spring planted perennial (clover), without proper preperation, will get infested with weeds and the young clover has a hard time competing. I like to start the prep work in the spring by either planting a round up ready plant such as soybeans--this enables me to spray the plot through the late spring and summer so that when I plant the clover in the fall the weeds will be eliminated. Then in the spring the clover will have much less competition and have a good root foundation since they were planted in the spring. Eagle Soybeans IMO are the best warm season annual. Just make sure you plant several acres because the deer will eat them up in a hurry. For the fall I love a mixture of Brassicas, cereal grains such as wheat, and winter peas. Stays green throughout the winter and draws deer all winter. Plots that are cleared deep in the woods usually have a very acidic pH. So you might want to get a soil sample and determine how much lime needs to be added to the soil for optimum plot production! good luck todd

I have tried feeding alfalfa hay before and the deer here will not touch it. I know that it is commonly feed in the northern states. Martin is right on about possible harm of feeding it. It all depends on what your deer have been feeding on at the time you want to start supplementing the hay. Todd

Go get several trail cams and corn. Set up the cams on some trails with the corn and do a count with the cams. It is the best way to determine your population. Habitat conditions or overpressure plays a big role in numbers. The pressure and habitat conditions could be due to a heavy hog population.

nice sprig buddy!

Good deal. Best of luck! Todd

i know what a bucket trap is---just with deer season over need some kill pics!! todd

hope you had a great one! todd

have a good one buddy! todd

wow time goes by fast! todd

yep--i made that mistake. I did enjoy their magazine for a while but will never do any business with them due to their constant phone calls. I had one of their phone guys get pretty rude with me. I just said Thank You and hung up. Received another call 3 days later. Fortunately it comes up on my caller id and now i just pick up the phone and hang it right back down.

yikes---that could have killed a person. todd

Nice lookin' pooch Jeramie. Are you training her yourself? About time to start force fetching!